A few key initiatives currently underway across UCLA’s Digital & Technology Solutions, designed to improve services for students, faculty, and staff

Facing fast-moving wildfires, UCLA used DTS-built dashboards to support those at risk.

The AI Innovation Initiative is powering the next era of higher ed.

Bruin Learn underwent scheduled enhancement on Saturday, July 19, 2025. With this update, when the Use Dyslexia Friendly Font option is enabled in User Settings, the Canvas interface and the Rich Content Editor will display text using the OpenDyslexic font by default. 

Turnitin and Gradescope underwent scheduled maintenance on Saturday, August 9, 2025, from 8:00 am – 2:00 pm PTD. During this time, several Turnitin services were unavailable.

Starting August 18, 2025, Pantheon will begin upgrading all hosted sites to PHP Runtime Generation 2 (Gen 2). This is a significant infrastructure change that may cause disruptions to sites hosted on Pantheon if not tested in advance. Site administrators will need to either test the upgrade, or opt out by August 17, 2025. 

Sharing a few key updates that reflect the momentum we are building, together with our campus partners

DTS is driving innovation, service, and collaboration through unified digital leadership.

The Smart Repository streamlines AV/IT so teaching takes the spotlight, not troubleshooting.

Earlier this week, a Bruin Post was shared about the One IT initiative, an important step in advancing Goal 5 of the UCLA Strategic Plan.